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Yongliang Ma

Yongliang Ma

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
12995
World Ranking
4657
National Ranking
489

Overview

Yongliang Ma is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a specialized interest in atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and global and planetary change.

Their work encompasses several main topics within environmental studies, including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, catalytic processes in materials science, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

Yongliang Ma has contributed to research published in various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in Environmental Pollution, Chemosphere, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, and Environmental Research.

Notable recent papers by Yongliang Ma include:

  • "Contribution of hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) to severe winter haze in the North China Plain," 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Spatial-temporal dynamics, ecological risk assessment, source identification and interactions with internal nutrients release of heavy metals in surface sediments from a large Chinese shallow lake," 2021, Chemosphere
  • "Stronger secondary pollution processes despite decrease in gaseous precursors: A comparative analysis of summer 2020 and 2019 in Beijing," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Classification and sources of extremely severe sandstorms mixed with haze pollution in Beijing," 2023, Environmental Pollution
  • "Unbalanced emission reductions and adverse meteorological conditions facilitate the formation of secondary pollutants during the COVID-19 lockdown in Beijing," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Kebin He, Fengkui Duan, Takashi Kimoto, Tao Ma, and Lidan Zhu.

Best Publications

  • The characteristics of PM2.5 in Beijing, China

    Kebin He;Fumo Yang;Yongliang Ma;Qiang Zhang

  • Exploring the severe winter haze in Beijing: the impact of synoptic weather, regional transport and heterogeneous reactions

    G. J. Zheng;F. K. Duan;H. Su;Y. L. Ma

  • Characteristics of PM 2.5 speciation in representative megacities and across China

    F. Yang;J. Tan;Q. Zhao;Z. Du

  • Greenhouse Gases and other Airborne Pollutants from Household Stoves in China: a Database for Emission Factors

    J Zhang;K.R Smith;Y Ma;S Ye

  • Heterogeneous chemistry: a mechanism missing in current models to explain secondary inorganic aerosol formation during the January 2013 haze episode in North China

    B. Zheng;Q. Zhang;Y. Zhang;Y. Zhang;K. B. He

  • Biomass burning contribution to Beijing aerosol

    Y. Cheng;G. Engling;K.-B. He;F.-K. Duan

  • Review on recent progress in observations, source identifications and countermeasures of PM2.5.

    Chun-Sheng Liang;Feng-Kui Duan;Ke-Bin He;Yong-Liang Ma

  • Concentration and chemical characteristics of PM2.5 in Beijing, China: 2001–2002

    F K Duan;K B He;Y L Ma;F M Yang

  • Mass absorption efficiency of elemental carbon and water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing, China

    Y. Cheng;K.-B. He;M. Zheng;F.-K. Duan

  • The characteristics of brown carbon aerosol during winter in Beijing

    Yuan Cheng;Ke-bin He;Zhen-yu Du;Guenter Engling;Guenter Engling

  • Humidity plays an important role in the PM2.5 pollution in Beijing

    Yuan Cheng;Ke-bin He;Zhen-yu Du;Mei Zheng

  • A yearlong study of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing II: Light absorption properties

    Zhenyu Du;Kebin He;Yuan Cheng;Fengkui Duan

  • Spatial and seasonal variability of PM 2.5 acidity at two Chinese megacities: insights into the formation of secondary inorganic aerosols

    K. He;Q. Zhao;Y. Ma;F. Duan

  • Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 during a typical haze episode in Guangzhou.

    Jihua Tan;Jingchun Duan;Kebin He;Yongliang Ma

  • Characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols in Beijing, China.

    Fengkui Duan;Kebin He;Yongliang Ma;Yingtao Jia

  • Daily concentrations of trace metals in aerosols in Beijing, China, determined by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry equipped with laser ablation analysis, and source identification of aerosols.

    Tomoaki Okuda;Jun Kato;Junya Mori;Masaki Tenmoku

  • Measurement of humic-like substances in aerosols: a review.

    Guangjie Zheng;Kebin He;Fengkui Duan;Yuan Cheng

  • Trends in hazardous trace metal concentrations in aerosols collected in Beijing, China from 2001 to 2006

    Tomoaki Okuda;Masayuki Katsuno;Daisuke Naoi;Shunsuke Nakao

  • A yearlong study of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing I: Sources and its primary vs. secondary nature

    Zhenyu Du;Kebin He;Yuan Cheng;Fengkui Duan

  • Air pollution characteristics and their relationship with emissions and meteorology in the Yangtze River Delta region during 2014-2016.

    Tao Ma;Fengkui Duan;Kebin He;Yu Qin

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the aerosol in Beijing, China, measured by aminopropylsilane chemically-bonded stationary-phase column chromatography and HPLC/fluorescence detection.

    Tomoaki Okuda;Daisuke Naoi;Masaki Tenmoku;Shigeru Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Kebin He
Kebin He Tsinghua University
Fengkui Duan
Fengkui Duan Tsinghua University
Fumo Yang
Fumo Yang Sichuan University
Jihua Tan
Jihua Tan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Tao Huang
Tao Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Steven H. Cadle
Steven H. Cadle Air Improvement Resource, Inc.
Jiumeng Liu
Jiumeng Liu Harbin Institute of Technology

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